Exporting a license

The ability to export a license using the License Manager is always available if you have a license selected, to save locally as a license archive file. This procedure differs from the procedure to export a license without first establishing a platform connection.

You are connected to the controller or PC and running Workbench.
  1. Expand Platform and double-click License Manager.
    The License Manager view opens.

  2. Select the license to export and click Export.
    A Save License As... window opens.

    By default, the system saves a license archive file in the root of your Niagara release directory.

  3. If needed, use the window’s navigation controls to specify another target folder or drive.
  4. Before saving, you can also rename the license archive file, to make it more identifiable.
    For example, instead of: licenses.lar, you could rename it My6E.lar.
  5. To continue, click OK.
    A notification window opens.

    The system saves the license in a compressed (zip-compatible) format known as a license archive. This is a file with a .lar file extension. It includes the complete licenses/hostID folder (subdirectory) structure (relative to sys home) for any included licenses.

  6. To view the license zip file, use Windows Explorer to navigate to the folder that contains the file, right-click the .lar file and open it with a utility, such as 7-zip.
    The .lar file contains only the license(s) for the host to which you are connected.